Electric boot-blacking apparatus



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H. R. GARDNER.

ELECTRIC BOOT BLAOKING APPARATUS.

Patented July 19, 1887.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY R. GARDNER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

ELECTRIC BOOT-BLACKING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,660, dated July 19,1887.

Application filed April 6,1886. Serial No. 197,051). (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY R. GARDNER, of Boston, Suffolk county,Massachusetts, have invented an Electrical Boot-Blacking Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is aboot-blacking apparatus; and it consists ofa suitablefoot-rest, an electromotor adapted to be supplied with motorcurrentsfrom any suitable source, a flexible shaft connected with the motor andcarrying a revolving brush, and provided with handles whereby the brushmay be readily manipulated in its application to the boot or shoe uponthe rest, all as set forth hereinafter, and as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional viewillustrating one form of my improved apparatus; Fig. 2, an outside viewshowing the apparatus slightly modified. Fig. 3 is a detached detailelevation of the motoncase, showing an auxiliary gear for impartingmotion to the brush.

A represents a foot-rest, of any suitable construction, which may besecurely clamped to the floor or any other fixed foundation, or may beattached to a portable platform or box,13, in the same manner asordinary foot rests of bootblacking machines.

lVithin the case B, or within aseparate case, is inclosed anelectromotor, O, of any suitable constructionas,' for instance, aGriscom Motor or a Hill Motorand to the end of a shaft, a, of said motorrevolving at suitable speed, the arrnatureshaft or a shaft driven bygears from the armatureshaft, is connected a flexible shaft, D.

The flexible shaft may consist of wire, chain, jointed blocks inclosedwithin aflexible tube, or may be made in any other usual or suitablemanner, and at the free end thereof is connected a polishing or blackingbrush, E, and a suitable handle or handles, 1), so attached to thestationarypart of the shaft or brush frame as to permit the brush to beproperly manipulated in applying it to the boots or shoes supported bythe rest.

In the construction shown in Fig. 1 the handle bis tubular in form, isfastened tothetubular portion of the flexible shaft D, and aspindle, c,at the end of the revolving portion of the flexible shaft, passesthrough the handleb and carries the brush E. In Fig. 2 the brushframe Icarries two geared shafts, of, the former being connected to theflexible shaft and the latter carrying the brush I and revolving in linewith two handles, 1) b, as shown in Fig. 2.

In order to utilize the current supplied by means of largegenerators-such as are used in supplying cities or large buildings lconnect the motor with the conductors, but interpose a resistance, B, soas to regulate the force of the current, and also useaswitel1,S, bymeans of which the device may be put into and out of operation withoutthe necessity of stopping the generator.

In order to prevent the rapid revolution of the brush from throwingparticles from the brush, I cover the latter, except at the point whereit is to be applied to the shoe, with a suitable shield, 71, which iscarried by lhebrush frame or handle.

Vithout limiting myself to the precise construetion and arrangement ofparts shown, I

1. In a boot-blacking apparatus, a foot rest, a chamber to receive aneleetromotor, said motor, a rotating brush provided with a non rotatinghandle, and a flexible rotating shaft connecting said brush with saidmotor, substantially as described.

2. In a boot-blacking apparatus, an electromotor, a receiving-easetherefor, and a footrest secured to said case, in combination with arotatable brush, a flexible rotating shaft to connect said brush withsaid motor, and means,- substantially as described, to open or closesaid motor to or against a current of electricity, as and for thepurpose specified.

3. In a bootblaeking apparatus, a movable frame, a handle securedthereto, a rotatable shaft mounted therein, and a brush secured to saidshaft, in combination with a case having a chamber to receive a motor, afoot-rest secured to said case, an electromotor within said case, aflexible rotatable shaft to connect said motor to said rotating brush,and electric conductors to and from said motor, substantially asdescribed.

4. A movable frame, a handle therefor, and a rotating brush mountedtherein, in co:'nbi nation with an electromotorheld within a fixed ease,having a foot-rest secured thereto, and a flexible rotating shaftconnecting said motor to said brush to impart motion thereto,substantially as described.

5. A movable frame, handles secured thereto and a rotating brush mountedtherein, in combination with a motor-receiving case, an electromotortherein, and a foot rest secured thereto, electric conductors to andfrom said motor, a resistance, and aswitch interposed in saidconductors, and a flexible rotatable shaft to connect said motor to saidbrush to rotate the latter, substantially as described.

6. A movable frame having handles secured thereto, a rotating shaftmounted therein, a brush secured to said shaft, and a shieldpac with amotor-receiving case having an electromotor therein, and a foot-restfixed thereto, a

flexible rotating shaft to connect said motor and brush, electricalconnections, andaswiteh to open or close said motor to or against acurrent of electricity, as and for the purpose specified. I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name. to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY R. GARDNER.

WVitnesses:

CHARLES E. FOSTER, A. E. HANsMANN.

